Mass

Of physical property and fundamental quantity.

The property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field.

This concept's ID is @1~27563

Physics

  • rest mass 0 facts

    (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer,...

  • relativistic mass 0 facts

    (physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to...

  • gravitational mass 0 facts

    (physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for...

  • inertial mass 0 facts

    (physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration...

  • mass energy 0 facts

    (physics) the mass of a body regarded relativistically as energy.

Chemistry

  • atomic mass 2 facts

    (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass unit...

  • molecular weight 0 facts

    (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a...

Also contains

  • mass defect 0 facts

    The amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses...

  • body 0 facts

    The main mass of a thing.

  • biomass 0 facts

    The total mass of living matter in a given unit area.

  • critical mass 0 facts

    The minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction.

  • bulk 0 facts

    The property possessed by a large mass.